Union members at Verizon will see strong wage gains and pension increases for future retirees under a new tentative agreement reached with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Communications Workers of America, say IBEW leaders.

NEW YORK – CBS and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) announced they have reached an early contract renewal agreement covering 3,500 technicians. The extended contract has been ratified by the affected workforce and will be effective Feb. 1, 2018, through April 30, 2021. The current IBEW agreement was scheduled to expire on Jan. 31, 2018.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers President Lonnie R. Stephenson issued the following statement regarding the Aug. 23 release of the Department of Energy’s Staff Report to the Secretary on Electricity Markets and Reliability.

Negotiators from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Communications Workers of America, representing nearly 40,000 striking Verizon workers, announced they have reached a tentative contract with Verizon.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers President Lonnie R. Stephenson issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate’s vote of disapproval for the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule.

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers President Lonnie R. Stephenson issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to halt the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s new regulations on carbon emissions.

IBEW leaders are applauding the decision of the Democratic National Committee and the New Hampshire Democratic Party to drop television station WMUR as a co-sponsor of the next Democratic presidential debate scheduled for December 19.

“Verizon’s announcement that it is selling $10.5 billion of its wireline operations in California, Texas and Florida – along with a Missouri-based call center – to Frontier Communications Corp. will affect millions of customers and thousands of workers across the country.

A six-year contract between FairPoint Communications and 1,700 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and 300 members of the CWA expired at midnight Aug. 2., as the parties agreed to continue talks to forge a new agreement.